2005 Toyota Camry: ABS light or ABS activating

Filed Aug 30, 2014 · Brakes · 42,000 miles · NY

The brakes turn off when riding over a rough surface. I know how ABS works. There is nothing that should trigger the ABS. I know how it works over snow. The brakes work fine over smooth surface. But if braking over a pothole the ABS unnecessarily turns on causing the vehicle to skid and slide much further than normal stopping distance. No other car I have driven in my life has done this. This seriously needs to be investigated. It has been happening on my car since 2005. Toyota dealer has refused to address issue. And I see many others have posted the same complaints to nhtsb, but no recall campaign has been addressed by toyota.

Filed Mar 24, 2010 · Brakes · 1,064 miles · WY

2005 toyota camry with brake problems I have a 2005 toyota camry VIN[xxx] . December of 2006 I notice that I had trouble stopping the car on snow packed and icy roads when the brakes were applied there would be a grating sound which I assumed was the aba brake system I took the car to spradley motors on 12/26/2006 in cheyenne and was told that this was a normal condition. The next time I drove it under snowy conditions, I was approaching a stop sign going about 5mph. When I was two car lengths from the stop sign, I applied the brakes and got the same symptom as I described before. When the brakes were applied I got this grating noise and the car would not stop until I was half through the stop sign. Luckily there were no cars coming and there wasn't an accident. This time I wrote a letter to toyota motor sales USA in torrance, ca about this problem. The case number was [xxx] and they had me go to ehrlich motors in greeley, co on 1/16/2007 to have the ABS brake system checked out. Their response was 'vehicle operating as designed'. This car is an unsafe car during stormy conditions and I quit driveing the 2005 toyota during these times. My wife has a 1995 toyota that we drive during bad weather and we have no trouble with it stopping safely. I know that there have been a lot of complaints about these toyota problems, but as you can see by the date of my complaints, they were initiated long before the complaints coming in now, and I received no satisfaction from toyota [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Mar 12, 2010 · Brakes · 69,000 miles · FL · fire

The day the car caught fire, owner was driving the car on the freeway, owner exited freeway, drove several blocks, turned right then the car stalled; owner steered the car to the side of the road using the momentum left in the vehicle. Owner heard pedestrians screaming to exit the car. Owner saw smoke coming out of the left side of the car. Owner grabbed her purse and exited the car in a hurry, leaving the car key in the ignition. As soon as owner exited the car, the car's door locks locked themselves, owner heard the clicking noise of the door locks. Then there was an explosion, and there was fire coming out from the left side underneath the front of the car. Owner screamed for help, then went looking for a fire extinguisher, but could not find any. The car kept on burning for 20 minutes until the fire truck arrived, firemen extinguished the fire, but the car's doors were all locked, the firemen broke the windshield and side windows to have access to the inside of the car to completely extinguish the flames. The car was declared total loss and was towed away. We the owners of this toyota camry 2005 have recuperated the towed vehicle. We communicated to toyota the situation with the car. They answered saying: there was no recall for that vehicle and therefore would not do anything about it. The car showed electrical problems, jerked sporadically, turned off while running on the road. The car would restart on its own, sometimes it would have to be restarted manually. The car showed intermittent electrical problem, problem with the ABS braking system. Actually since we bought the actually since we bought the car brand new, the dealership said that this was normal behavior with the toyota ABS system, and dismissed it as normal, they said that the corporate had informed them to say exactly that; this was a normal behavior with the toyota ABS braking system. We the owner are following the events of toyota recalls, and specially news of defects kept away from public.

Filed Mar 5, 2010 · Brakes · 5,000 miles · NY

Toyota camry 2005 lx. Brake failure occurs when braking on slightly uneven surface while depressing brakes on a small bump or pothole. The brakes make a grinding noise and do not work for a few seconds. After the surface is even the brakes work fine. This is not simply the ABS. For safety reason I must use emergency 'hand brake' to prevent major accidents while on uneven surfaces. I have managed to avoid accidents by using the handbrake or braking way ahead of time when I see an uneven spot in front of me. Have accidents have been reported with this problem on other same model year cars? For me this occurs regularly while on uneven surfaces since I purchased the car. Has there been a recall by toyota regarding the issue I described?

Filed Mar 2, 2010 · Brakes · 15,000 miles · AZ

About 3 years ago, I experienced a sudden acceleration in my 2005 toyota camry v6. It was an unusually rainy day in southern arizona. As I exited a freeway off-ramp to come to a stop, it felt like the ABS system took over the braking. My foot was on the brake pedal, but the car braked, then accelerated rapidly, fishtailing a bit on the wet pavement. I pumped the brake pedal and was able to stop a few feet past the stop sign. Luckily, there were no other cars on the rural road where I exited--the front part of my car was past the stop sign and out in the road for perpendicular traffic. I was perplexed by the short burst of acceleration, but attributed it to the advanced braking system. I had never had that take control before. Maybe this info can help in your current investigation of the sudden acceleration in toyota camrys. This was the only time I experienced the acceleration. The car has been in for routine maintenance. I asked my mechanic to check the brakes since the pedal seems to be "soft"--it goes down a bit before engaging the brakes. Mechanic finds no problems with brakes.

Filed Feb 14, 2010 · Brakes · 21,000 miles · TX

Brake failure when braking on slightly uneven surface. 2005 toyota camry le - current 50k miles while depressing brakes on a small bump or pothole, it brakes make a grinding noise and do not work for a few seconds. After the surface is even the brakes work fine. This is not simply ABS as occurs with slight brake pressure and on very minor bumps on the road. For safety, must use emergency 'hand brake' to prevent major accidents while on uneven surfaces. One incident, brake failure occurred while trying to stop at red light and a small bump on road near stop line caused car to not stop and jump the curb on street. Thankfully no permanent damage or bodily injury. Since I have managed to avoid accidents with handbrake or braking way ahead of time when I see an uneven spot in front of me.. However, accidents have been reported with this problem on other same model year cars. This occurs regularly while on uneven surfaces starting near purchase date. Have taken to dealer several times and reported as 'normal'. Suspect current brake recall needs to be expanded by toyota.

Filed Feb 12, 2010 · Brakes, Engine · 90,000 miles · FL

I own a 2005 toyota camry and since I bought it from the dealer it had been having problems with the automatic transmission system and the accelerator . For example when I stop at a traffic light and I begin to accelerate the car takes to long to shift to the next gear and while this time elapses for about 2 to 4 seconds the car keeps accelerating with no gear at all, this almost make me crash the other day trying to avoid a collision with an aggressive driver that got in my way and I could not advance with the car at that crucial moment and get out of the way of the situation since the gear was not ready for me to accelerate and advance . Another problem that I have been noticing is that while at low to medium speeds the ABS braking system fails to brake the car after it gets over a bump in the road; several times it had happened to me that after I get a bump I have to apply the brakes 2 to 3 times in a rapid succession to come to a complete stop. Also sometimes while driving at low speeds with low rpms the car stalls without warning and the wheel gets very hard to maneuver ,I even have to stop the car in the middle of the road to start the engine again and continue with my trip. All this complaint was given to toyota in priors calls I made to them but the dealers they send me to see said that was normal operation of the car ,that there was nothing wrong.

Filed Feb 5, 2010 · Brakes · 25,000 miles · PA

I own a 2005 toyota camry and every time I brake on ice or snow my brakes make a loud grinding and vibrating noise. I reported the concern to the dealership several times and they continue to say it's normal ABS working like they should. I have never had a car that has ever made this type of grinding sound when braking in the snow. We also own a corolla and it doesn't make this sound.

Filed Feb 4, 2010 · Brakes · 100,000 miles · ME

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota camry. While driving 25 MPH in wet and icy conditions and applying the brakes, the ABS would activate it failed to slow the vehicle down. The contact is concerned about the ABS risk for his year, make and model vehicle. The dealer's diagnosis found that the vehicle was operating normally. The failure mileage was 100,000.

Filed Jan 29, 2010 · Engine · 36,000 miles · TX

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota camry. Whenever the contact drove the vehicle at various speeds including approximately 35 MPH he noticed that the ABS light and engine light appeared on the dashboard. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the contact was informed that rodents were biting the engines wiring. The current and failure mileages were 36000.